Description: Jean-Baptiste Labat: Nouveau Voyage Aux Isles de L'Amerique Contenant L'Histoire Naturelle de ce Pays. Tome Quatrieme, Septieme, Huitieme (Books 4, 7,8) Theodore le Gras, Paris, 1742. Third Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Full Leather). Book Condition: Good Condition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Full leather, worn, spine worn and chipped, hinges cracked. Scattered foxing, browning, an an old stamp to the margin of page 3, but otherwise very clean internally. Volume 4 deals principally with the sugar cane growing and manufacturing operations on the islands. Volumes seven and eight deal principally with Martinique, Guadalupe, Barbados and Granada. Volume 7 with a number of chapters on native trees. 8 single page plates and 4 folding plates in volume 4, 533pp. . Sabin 38412 ("This edition is greatly augmented") volume 7: 2 plates, 1 folding map, ,vi, 516pp; vol 8: iv, 437, (7)pp. 10 single page plates, 4 folding plates and a map in the three volumes. Labat was a French missionary and scientist appointed to examine the sugar plantations in the French carribbean and reported back and suggested improvements. He was also an amateur naturalist and mathematician. This set puslished first as 6 volumes and then expanded to 8 with this edition, was hugely popular at the time.
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: Paris
Language: French
Author: Jean-Baptiste Labat
Publisher: Theodore le Gras
Topic: Travel
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Year Printed: 1742
